The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-08-27
VARIOUS ITEMS.
The halloon for the Paris exhibition Of 1889
will carry 100 persons.

The balloon for the Paris exhibition Of 1889
will carry 100 persons.
Over 10000 o fshpoles are imported into
this country annually by one firm.
There was an increased area Of no less thaa
~. 9ss acres under cultivation in Ireland last
year.
Commodore Mutt, who riyaled Tom Thumb
as a dwarf some years ago, is selling tickets
for a dime museum in Boston.
The Washington Critic says hat probably
half the present population OF the United
States were born since the war.
During the recent period Of extreme heat
Philadelphia street car horses were gwen
shower baths, with excellent results.
James S. Richardson, Of New Orleans, the
largest cotton planter in the world, has this
wear 80. 900 acres in cotton and 1900 acres IN
corn.
II is said that the convict population Of tho
United States. not counting the rogucs ont
of iail. is 64.349, or one TO every $50 nhabi-
tants.
There we're 1853 photographers In the
United States in 1870 and $3.50 in 1850. There
are now about 1900 persons in the photo
graphing business in this country.
The khan Of Khiva has founded a Russinn
school in his capital, where eight khivan
BOYS Of good birth and between the ages OF II
and IA learn the Russian language at the
khan's expense.
A musician in Washington says that he IS
prepared to prove that the Boulanger march
is nothing more nor less than the Marguerite
Polka" written about fifteen years ago in
honor Of the Italian queen.
The census Of paupers in London, exclusive
Of lunatics in asylums and Migrants. for the
first week OF July shows: Indoor, 52.Sl6;
outdoor, 5000; total, S7,S4j; against $3.50
for the corresponding week Of 1856. These
are rather startling figures.
Cincinnati is t. have a monument 70 the
memory Of President Harrison. Artists are
now at work on the designs, and a selection
will soon be made. The statue will bee UNI
yelled in the fan ~ ISIS. on the centennial
anniversary Of the city OF Cincinnati.
Rev. Marcus Alden Talman, am Episcopal
rector Of Mauch Chunk. Pa has a Chair
which belonged to tho Priscilla courtel hy
John Alden for Miles Standish when size said.
why don't you speak for yourself John.
He Is a descendant OF 10 n Alden, while
Thomas Lansford Foster. one OF the yestry-
men II his church, is a descendant OF Miles
Standish.
II is not generally Know that in Ethiopia
A people numbering about 100000 have Tine
Old Testament in Etnioplc version and still
adhere strictly % the Mosaic ceremonies and
laws. They are the children Of Hebrew im-
migrants who in the time Of the great dis
persion settled I'm Abyssinia and married
wives Of thit nation.
Heels ON the shoes first originated with tine
Persiaus. 4 person Of low stature was re-
gardei as an object Of contempt. and there
foro the heel was the happy thought OF some
one of the unfortunates, thus providing hy
art that which nature denied But, us DOB
modern fashions, il was carried 20 excess,
persons who were already too tall 10 book
well adopting them because they were the
style
They have had the jubilee fever very strong
in New Zealand. The Herald Of that colony
contains abundant evidence of the fact.
Here is one advertisement: "Wnnted-Iwo
Jubilee ladies want two jubilee husbands
Apply - Queen street" Hero is another:
"Wanted-Jubilee wives, husbands, house
maids. Mattresses, h0usekecpels. barmaids,
and general servants can be had for the ask
ny. \. Mcleod, 25 Queen street.
For the first time in many years cabin
passengers on an ocean steamship were
landed recently at Castle Garden. They
came in on the Chateau Margaux from Bor-
deaux and were in a hurry to get ashore. As
there is a young army Of customs inspectors
stationed in the Garden they We're accommo-
dated. They didn't seem 20 mind the close
proximity Of their laces and good clothes 90
the soiled immigrants, in fact some seemed o.
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